AU - Rabiei, Maryam
TI - Aging and its consequences in the mouth: A review
PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE
TA - jdm
JN - jdm
VO - 29
VI - 4
IP - 4
4099 - http://jdm.tums.ac.ir/article-1-5569-en.html
4100 - http://jdm.tums.ac.ir/article-1-5569-en.pdf
SO - jdm 4
AB - Geriatric is a growing phenomenon which recently rises so fast. With increasing age, the biological and physiological changes occur in different organs. Socioeconomic situation with emerging multiple diseases, disability and changes in oral status can all affect the quality of life of people. The aim of this study was to overview on aging process and consideration on oral changes in particular. This study was carried out by reviewing different scientific sources from Pub Med, Google scholar and Iranian articles (SID) since 2005 to 2016. Oral condition may be according to the systemic diseases or solely. The changes in the hard tissue and soft tissue occur. Each of these changes is the result of damage due to the people’s situations which sometimes make it difficult to repair. Nevertheless, rising age in global and in Iran have to be considerd. Periodic visits are important because they reduce the risk of some diseases, including cancers in the mouth. Also, the influence of maintaining the oral and periodontal health conditions not only specifically in oral health but more broadly on some systemic diseases such as heart disease, lung disease, diabetes and etc. are quite important.
CP - IRAN
IN -
LG - eng
PB - jdm
PG - 277
PT - Research
YR - 2017